U8’s In The Mix

On Saturday a couple of Crusaders U8’s made the journey up the A1 to take part in Gateshead Storm’s festival.

With numbers across the board for True 8’s (school year 3), being pretty low, a couple of rapidly assembled baa-baa teams was the order of the day!

Crusaders dynamic duo, Teddy and Beauden matched up with a player from Yarm and a player from Cramlington. Whilst a pair of players from, both, Storm and Consett formed the opposition.

An absolutely fantastic game took place. Less players, more individual action!

Defensively all players made their contact count with some great tackles. Clearly club coaches have done a great job as there was not a fling tackle in sight. From a Crusaders perspective both Beauden and Teddy showed great technique with the latter sticking in a number of well executed side tackles to stop the opposition from scoring.

In attack, both sides played some great rugby. Jinking runs, slick passing and great offloads. The running opportunities within the sets of 6 were well shared out and every player had plenty of time on the ball. Again, from a Crusaders point of view, Teddy went for the direct approach with some cracking barging runs that kept the opposition working hard to stop him. Beauden used his great foot work throughout the game with quick footed jinking runs to cut through the opposition. Both our Crusaders were happy with their try tally for the game.

Despite the slightly lower numbers, the game was a fantastic game. All players displayed a good level of skill, both on and off the ball.

Crusaders are actively recruiting Year 3 (contact) and Year 2 (tag) players to join our great club. Please get in touch if you think your child would like to get involved.